As a communityThe Community Legal Education Ontario announced that legal information on eight high-need topics have now been made available in languages other than English and French. They include Arabic, Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, and Urdu.
The topics include as follows:

Children’s aid: Information [...]

As Canada is climbing out of the recession, most incentives in the federal stimulus package passed last summer are coming to an end. For example, the home renovation tax credit ended on January 31, 2010.
Thankfully, many incentives for small businesses remain in place for a while longer.
Besides the tax cuts and assistance on financing that [...]

The Criminal Lawyers Association, which has been boycotting Legal Aid Ontario since June of 2009 to protest the hourly rate, has announced that it has reached an agreement with the province. Legal Aid will be increasing the hourly tariff for about 5% a year for the next few years.
The news release also says Legal Aid [...]

Under the Canada Income Tax Act,* most disputes are processed administratively through assessments and re-assessments. If a taxpayer disagree with the Minister’s assessment, the taxpayer may institute a civil proceeding before the Tax Court. These proceedings are civil in nature and generally don’t result in imprisonment, unless the taxpayer is prosecuted criminally.
As it turns out, [...]

In April the Ontario government introduced a bill to address violence and harassment in the workplace by requiring employers to prepare a policy with respect to workplace violence and harassment. Bill 168,* Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act, has been carried through second reading, and is now before the Standing Committee prior to third reading. [...]